Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nscale is building next-generation infrastructure to power high-performance computing and AI workloads at scale. The Senior Program Manager (WAN) will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of wide-area networking initiatives, ensuring timely and reliable execution of complex programs involving network engineering and data center operations.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end WAN program delivery
- Lead large-scale initiatives such as backbone expansion, new region bring-up, capacity upgrades, and network optimization
- Coordinate cross-functional execution
- Align network engineering, infrastructure, SRE, procurement, and external vendors to deliver against timelines and milestones
- Build and manage program plans
- Develop detailed project plans, track dependencies, identify risks, and ensure on-time delivery
- Manage vendors and partners
- Coordinate with carriers, IXPs, and hardware providers to ensure timely provisioning and issue resolution
- Track performance and readiness
- Ensure WAN deployments meet performance, reliability, and scalability requirements before production rollout
- Drive operational excellence
- Implement processes, tools, and reporting to improve execution, visibility, and predictability
- Communicate with stakeholders
- Provide clear, regular updates to leadership and stakeholders on progress, risks, and outcomes
Skills
- 5–10+ years in program or project management, ideally in networking or infrastructure
- Experience delivering large-scale WAN, telecom, or data center programs
- Background working with cross-functional technical teams
- Solid understanding of WAN concepts (e.g., BGP, routing, capacity planning, fiber, peering)
- Ability to work effectively with network engineers and vendors
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs
- Strong planning, risk management, and dependency tracking skills
- Experience working with carriers, ISPs, or infrastructure vendors
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Experience with hyperscale or cloud infrastructure environments
- Familiarity with AI/ML or HPC infrastructure requirements
- Experience with network deployment at global scale
- PMP, PgMP, or similar certifications
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Commission programs
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation
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